Edgar Chester-Master (6 May 1888 – 17 September 1979) was an English

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er. He was born in

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and died in

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. Chester-Master made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1911 season, against

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. From the tailend, Chester-Master scored 4 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Chester-Master played Minor Counties cricket for Dorset between 1908 and 1921. Chester-Master's father, Algernon, also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire.

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